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Virat Kohli departs as India’s Test captain but his legacy will live on | Anand Vasu
Kohli built a side that could win in Australia and England, with an emphasis on fast bowling that had never be…
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Virat Kohli steps down as India Test captain after losing South Africa series
Talismanic batter steps down after seven years in role‘I’ve left nothing out there,’ says 33-year-old after 2-…
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83 review – cricket crowdpleaser puts a new spin on the underdog movie
India’s stunning 1983 World Cup triumph is retold in endearing style by a sports film with a sharp anticolonia…
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Indian police arrest seven for ‘celebrating’ Pakistan cricket win
Young Muslims face charges including ‘promoting enmity’ after match at T20 World Cup in DubaiIndian police hav…
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Afghan women to be banned from playing sport, Taliban say
New Taliban interim government has loyalist hardliners in all key posts and no womenAfghan women, including th…
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Not cricket: religious divide threatens a last bastion of secular India
Allegations against Wasim Jaffer of favouritism raise fears that anti-Muslim sentiment is infecting the gameIt…
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‘Plunder down under’: India revels in cricket team’s shock victory at Gabba
Narendra Modi congratulates team’s ‘remarkable grit’ after India beats Australia in fourth Test to win seriesA…
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Cricketers in India pad up to push periods out of the shadows
Niine’s sponsorship of Rajasthan Royals aims to help remove stigma around periodsWhen the Rajasthan Royals wal…
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‘Utterly disgusting’: New Zealand denounces racist abuse of Jofra Archer
The English fast bowler said he was racially abused at a match in Mount ManganuiThe New Zealand race relations…
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Don Bradman’s Bodyline cricket bat set to give auction payday for New Zealand man
James Sanders snapped up the bat for a few hundred dollars but could pocket $35,000 at an auctionAn unemployed…